Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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Tip
To see how the title appears over the water, click the movement tab in the Timeline
panel.

Previewing your work


You’re probably eager to see the results of your work. You can preview your composition using
the Preview panel, which is in the stacked panels on the right side of the application window in
the default workspace. To preview your composition, click the Play/Stop button in the Preview
panel, or press the spacebar on your keyboard.


1. In the title Timeline panel, hide all layer properties, and deselect all layers.
2. Make sure that the Video switch ( ) is selected for the layers that you want to preview—in
this case, the Title Here and Ellipse 1 layers.
3. Press the Home key to go to the beginning of the time ruler.
4. Do one of the following:
Click the Play/Stop button ( ) in the Preview panel.
Press the spacebar.

Tip
Verify that the work area brackets include all the frames you want to preview.

5. To stop the preview, do one of the following:
Click the Play/Stop button in the Preview panel.
Press the spacebar.
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